nanoQ (nQ for short) was made for streaming real-time data: audio, video, clicks, sensors — where it’s okay to lose data to get the most up to date messages quicker. The main goal is instant “fire and forget” publish with a best-effort delivery guarantee and support for many (hundreds, thousands)…

Hey! Thank you for opening this tab, you are a rockstar! This is how I write code that I adore and never regret — this is my professional constitution. I guide myself with these bits of advice day to day. It may or may not work for you. …

Hey! Thank you for opening this tab among the gazillion others, you are awesome! I describe computers from an oversimplified perspective, to explain how hardware affects code and programming concepts we live with. This is my mental toolbox and my approach to design software and fight complexity. It may or may…

Makefiles are quite unpopular in the dynamic languages world. Some Python and JavaScript developers consider GNU make an ancient, deprecated, outdated, and dying tool, used by some dinosaurs. The truth is: make is a wonderful and often misunderstood tool. It is fairly simple yet very powerful. …

Why performance matters We are still limited by our current hardware. There are numerous areas where it just not good enough: neural networks and virtual reality to name a few. There are plenty of devices where battery life is crucial, and we must count every single CPU tick. …

Do you like to get stuff done? Have you started pet projects several times and then never finished them? Have you been working on the same personal project for a couple of years? Do you plan to start a side project in your free time? I have a whole cemetery…